World friends
It's been fun meeting a lot of foreigners from different countries while I'm in each location. I get to learn something about those countries that I'm not planning to visit this time and also meet people that I can visit if I am going to their homelands in the near future.
I've met the most number of people from England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. If I go to those countries I won't run out of people to show me around.
I know I'm traveling "alone" right now but I don't think I enjoy literally being alone most of the time, so I am glad that I am meeting other people and traveling around together with them. Being able to converse with other people is a relief for me and I've had a tough time befriending locals I can communicate with in Thailand, Japan, and China.
What this also means is that other people I meet are probably doing the same thing. I hope that I am of some comic relief for them as well. How often do you meet someone who laughs more at his own jokes than you do? That's me. And someone who is smiling even when he's missed his bus/train/boat? That's me too. And someone who is willing to eat anything at anytime? That's me as well.
I bet they judge the US a little bit based on the impression that I left. I'm basically making myself a representative of America, so I need to be careful or aware of how people view me.
I've met the most number of people from England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. If I go to those countries I won't run out of people to show me around.
I know I'm traveling "alone" right now but I don't think I enjoy literally being alone most of the time, so I am glad that I am meeting other people and traveling around together with them. Being able to converse with other people is a relief for me and I've had a tough time befriending locals I can communicate with in Thailand, Japan, and China.
What this also means is that other people I meet are probably doing the same thing. I hope that I am of some comic relief for them as well. How often do you meet someone who laughs more at his own jokes than you do? That's me. And someone who is smiling even when he's missed his bus/train/boat? That's me too. And someone who is willing to eat anything at anytime? That's me as well.
I bet they judge the US a little bit based on the impression that I left. I'm basically making myself a representative of America, so I need to be careful or aware of how people view me.
posted by Jimmy at
10:24 PM
2 Comments:
you crack me up :) i thought you were going to bed an hour ago to prepare for the great wall?
You are a brilliant ambassador for America and they are lucky to have you!
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